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A pocket-sized apex predator that decided your lap was worth conquering.
means An affectionate, informal word for a cat — especially a small or young one — and also the pooled stash of money in card games or shared expenses.
from As a pet name for a cat, 'kitty' is a diminutive of 'kitten,' which came into English from the Old French 'chitoun' or 'cheton,' little forms of 'chat' (cat) — itself rooted in the Late Latin 'cattus.' The money sense is murkier and probably separate: it surfaces in 18th–19th-century gambling slang for the communal pot, possibly connected to 'kit' (a set or collection of things), though some link it playfully to the cat as a 'hungry' pool that swallows everyone's bets. The card-game sense and the cuddly-feline sense likely converged by sound rather than shared ancestry.
- meow target
- Cats meow at humans, rarely at each other
- purr power
- Purr frequencies may help heal bones
- silent walk
- Front and back paws step in same spots
- poker face
- Whiskers double as built-in motion sensors
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